Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland
Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Marie Wadden, first published in December 1991 by Douglas & McIntyre. In the book, the author chronicles the plight of the Innu people, indigenous inhabitants of an area they affectionately call "Nitassinan" which means "our land" in the Innu language.[2]
 First edition cover of Canadian release | |
| Author | Marie Wadden |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Subject | The plight of Indigenous peoples |
| Genre | non-fiction, book[1] |
| Publisher | Douglas & McIntyre |
Publication date | December 1991 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 218 pp. |
| ISBN | 9781550540017 |
Awards and honours
Nitassinan received the 1992 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[2] The author has written a second book entitled "Where the Pavement Ends, the Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation", published in 2008 by Douglas & McIntyre and nominated for three awards, including the Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing.
References
- Goodreads, Nitassinan, Book review, Retrieved 22 November 2012
- Faculty of Arts, 1992, Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Marie Wadden, Retrieved 19 November 2012
External links
- Douglas & McIntyre, Marie Wadden, Retrieved 19 November 2012
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